Thursday, April 16, 2015

Earth Day

Thursday, April 23, 2015, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

The day before our next meeting is the 45th celebration of Earth Day, which has special meaning this year due to the upcoming Climate Summit in Paris in December. We have talked about environmental issues in previous meetings, but we have not yet talked about the oceans. For the Zoom In, we will review this classic TED Talk by Sylvia Earle which summarizes all the environmental problems facing the oceans. We will then focus on the ocean plastics problem and a solution proposed by a teenager which has gotten serious attention.

 In two weeks, I will be away and Bill will lead the group in a discussion about sports. I found this interesting TED Talk about why athletes are continuously improving, which would serve well as an appetizer for Bill's meeting. It will be shown for the Pan portion of the next meeting.
Posted by at

1 comment:

  1. MichaelApril 17, 2015 at 4:43 PM

    Here is a LINK to Boyan Slat's website to see the progress of the cleanup. You will be amazed.

    ReplyDelete

The easiest way to comment

1) In "Comment as:", select the profile for "Name/URL" which is second from last in the list

2) Fill in your name but leave URL blank, then click continue

3) Type your comment in the comment box, then click the "Publish" button at the bottom

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)